February 10, 2025: The decades-long French military presence in Africa is declining. While most European nations with a colonial presence in Africa withdrew in the 1960s, France stayed. Until three ...
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger's city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. This is the ...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger's Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known ...